Rolling-pin.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT LOWE, OF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROLLING-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,023, dated March31, 1903. Application filed June 14, 1902. Serial No. 111.741. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT LOWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Rolling-Pin, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y

The invention relates to improvementsA in rolling-pins.

The object ofthe presentinvention is to improve the construction ofrolling-pins and to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpen' sive, andefficient one which vmay be readily manufactured and which will possessgreat durability.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure lis perspective view of a rolling-pinconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional View of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both guresof the drawmgs.

l designates a cylindrical roller forming the body portion of therolling-pin and constructed of glass and adapted to be formed by blowingor other suitable means. The glass body portion of the rolling-pin isprovided with thickened end portions 2, having central bearing-openings3 for the reception of reduced 'journal portions 4 of handles 5, whichare constructed of wood or other suitable material. The thickened endportions are provided at the outer ends of the openings 3 with annularbosses 6, which receive the shoulders 7, formed by reducing the innerends of the handles 5, and these shoulders iit against the annularbosses and effectually exclude dust and the like from the bearings ofthe rollingpin. The hollow cylindrical body portion of the roller isadapted to rotate independently of and turn on the handles, which aregrasped by the operator, and by excluding dust, iiour, dough, and thelike from the bearings of the rolling-pin the cylindrical body portionis permitted to rotate freely at all times and the labor of rolling isreduced to a minimum. The handle is preferably shaped as shown in thedrawings, and it has an annular iiange, forming the shoulder 7, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. The handles are retained in thebearing-openings of the cylindrical body portion of the rolling-pin bymeans of a rod 8, extending from one end of the rolling-pin to the otherand provided at one end with a ring or eye 9 and having a nut l0 at theother end, Washers 12 and 13 being preferably interposed between theends of the handles and the said eye and nut. A The rod is arranged inlongitudinal bores or perforations 1l of the handles, and the eye orring which enables the rolling-pin to be hung up whenV not in use formsa head for engaging the outer end of one of the handles, and the nutengages the outer end of the other handle. The rod is threaded toreceive the nut; but any other suitable means may be provided forsecuring the rod in place.

It will be seen that the rolling-pin is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it possesses great durability, and

that the bearings at the inner ends of the handles will enable therolling-pin to be easily operated and will lessen the labor of rolling.

What I claim is- A rolling-pin comprising a hollow cylindrical bodyportion constructed of glass and having end portions of greaterthickness than the body portion and provided with bearingopenings, saidbody portion being also provided with bosses surrounding thebearingopenings, handles provided with inner journals of a length equalto the thickness of the said end portions to fit the bearing-openingsand having annular shoulders arranged against the said bosses, and acontinuous rod connecting the handles and extending entirely through thesame and the cylindrical body portion, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in Vthe presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT LOWE. Witnesses:

W. J. DILLoN, J. H. JooHUM, Jr.

